GHSA Board of Trustees voted July 20 to delay the 2020 season by 2 weeks. Games will start the weekeend of September 4 rather than the weekend of August 22.
Lincoln County's 2020 gridiron slate features new venues from Hiawassee to Statesboro, perennial state powers, old rivals, and a neighboring school that hasn't played the Red Devils in over 80 years.
Lee Chomskis is returning to Lincoln County High as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach.
The GHSA approved Warren County's request to move from next year's Region 8-A Public to Region 7-A Public, reducing the size of Lincoln County's new region.
This year's Region 7-A teams will move to five different regions for 2020.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Opp info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 6:00 | Clinch Co. | away | ||
| Sep 18 7:30 | Westside-Augusta | BBF-LCS | ||
| Sep 25 7:30 | Laney | BBF-LCS | ||
| Oct 2 7:30 | Harlem | BBF-LCS | ||
| Oct 9 7:30 | Elbert County | away | ||
| Oct 16 7:30 | Towns County | away | ||
| Oct 23 7:30 | Social Circle | BBF-LCS | ||
| Nov 6 7:30 | Washington-Wilkes | BBF-LCS | ||
| Nov 13 7:30 | Greene County | BBF-LCS | ||
| Nov 20 8:00 | Commerce | away |
| No. | Name | Yards | Carries | TDs | Yds/car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kolbi Ferguson | 1708 | 248 | 33 | 6.89 |
| 12 | Colton Willis | 699 | 110 | 10 | 6.35 |
| 5 | Tevin Gartrell | 368 | 57 | 5 | 6.46 |
| No. | Name | Comp | Att | Yards | Int | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Keenon Lampkin | 22 | 59 | 397 | 3 | 3 |
| No. | Name | Yards | Catches | TDs | Yds/catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Darrien Elder | 144 | 9 | 0 | 16.00 |
| 4 | Antavious Brown | 84 | 3 | 1 | 28.00 |
| 10 | Brevin Gartrell | 36 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 |
Just a few stitches
Dr. Weems Pennington was a great town doctor, school supporter, and team booster. One incident really puts an exclamation point on this. In the early 1960s, a Red Devils player came out of the game with a bad cut on one of his eyebrows. Doc headed to the bench, grabbed his bag, and had the player sit. Doc stitched up the cut and sent the player back in the game after missing only a play or two.
That player was Weems Pennington II, who became a leading cardiologist in Augusta. His son Weems III is a leading cardiologist in Aiken SC.
A football squad was not the first sports team fielded by Lincolnton High. A track team was formed in 1921, the year before Lincolnton first appeared on a gridiron.
Lincoln Journal cartoon about football practice
1952 team photo
1967 Westside team photo
